Free-Cell Area Impact on Stroke Prevention in Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Carotid Artery Stenting: The "Carotid Artery sTenting And CeLl-area Impact on Stroke and Major Adverse events" (CATACLISMA) Multicenter Registry.

Purpose: The study investigated the association between cell-stent area and cerebrovascular events incidence in asymptomatic patients undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS).

Materials And Methods: This is an observational, retrospective, multicenter, cohort study. Between 2012 and 2022, all patients undergoing primary CAS for severe asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis were evaluated.

International gestational surrogacy in the United States, 2014-2020.

Objective: To describe characteristics, trends, and outcomes of international gestational surrogacy cycles in the United States (US).

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: All assisted reproductive technology cycles in the US reported to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting Systems that included an embryo transfer to a gestational carrier from 2014 to 2020.

Multiple Imputation of Missing Race/Ethnicity Information in the National Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance System.

Missing race/ethnicity data are common in many surveillance systems and registries, which may limit complete and accurate assessments of racial and ethnic disparities. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Surveillance System (NASS) has a congressional mandate to collect data on all ART cycles performed by fertility clinics in the United States and provides valuable information on ART utilization and treatment outcomes. However, race/ethnicity data are missing for many ART cycles in NASS.

State insurance mandates and racial and ethnic inequities in assisted reproductive technology utilization.

Objective: To examine whether the (1) scope of state-mandated insurance coverage for assisted reproductive technology (ART) and (2) proportion of the population eligible for this coverage are associated with reductions in racial/ethnic inequities in ART utilization.

Design: National cross-sectional, ecologic study.

Subjects: We employed estimates from the US Census Bureau of all women 20-44 years of age living in the US in 2018.

A Descriptive Study of Maternal Vaccination Uptake, Attitudes, and Beliefs in Pregnancy Among Persons Delivering at an Urban Safety Net Hospital.

Objective: To estimate uptake of influenza, tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap), and COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy and describe vaccine attitudes and beliefs among predominantly racial and ethnic minority individuals delivering at a publicly funded hospital.

Methods: We collected survey and electronic medical record data for English-speaking postpartum individuals who delivered a live-born infant from July 7, 2022, through August 21, 2022, and agreed to participate in our study. The 58-item survey included questions about general vaccine attitudes and beliefs as well as vaccine-specific questions.

Sex-Related Outcomes in Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Carotid Artery Stenting.

Purpose: Aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of sex in asymptomatic patients undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted from January 2006 to December 2020. A total of 438 consecutive patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis >70% underwent transfemoral CAS and were stratified in males (M) and females (F).

Endovascular Bailout Repair After Intraprocedural Thrombosis of a Bifurcated Unimodular Stent-graft During Aorto-iliac Revascularization in a Patient with Sars CoV-2 Infection.

To describe a case of endovascular bailout strategy during stent-graft thrombotic complication in an endovascular procedure for complex TASC II D aortoiliac lesion. A 77-year-old patient was admitted at our institution with bilateral lower limb rest pain due to aortoiliac obstructive disease in a previous aortobifemoral bypass grafting with an asymptomatic Sars-CoV-2 infection. We planned an anatomic reconstruction of the aortoiliac segment with an unimodular bifurcated stent-graft.

Factors associated with large-for-gestational-age infants born after frozen embryo transfer cycles.

Objective: To examine trends of frozen embryo transfer (FET) proportions and large-for-gestational-age (LGA) incidence and determine risk factors for LGA infants after FET.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Not applicable.

Outcomes of Endovascular Reconstructive Techniques in Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus II C-D Aortoiliac Lesions.

Background: To describe the outcomes of the endovascular reconstruction of TASC C/D lesions involving the infrarenal aorta and aortic bifurcation with different techniques.

Methods: This is an observational, retrospective, single-center study. In a 5-year period, we selected all the patients treated with an endovascular procedure for an aorto-iliac TASC C/D lesion involving the infrarenal aorta and/or the aortic bifurcation.

How the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Patients' Hospital Admission and Care in the Vascular Surgery Divisions of the Southern Regions of the Italian Peninsula.

Background: To investigate the effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns on the vasculopathic population. Methods: The Divisions of Vascular Surgery of the southern Italian peninsula joined this multicenter retrospective study. Each received a 13-point questionnaire investigating the hospitalization rate of vascular patients in the first 11 months of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the preceding 11 months.

Total Endovascular Aortic Replacement in Post-Dissecting Thoraco-Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with A New Inner Branched Device.

To describe a new inner-branched device used to treat two cases of chronic post-dissection aortic thoraco-abdominal aneurysms (PD-TAAAs) after ascending aortic surgery. A 67-year-old male who had undergone an ascending aorta and arch surgical replacement and a 70-year-old male with a previous Bentall procedure for acute type A aortic dissection were admitted at our department with a PD-TAAA diagnosis. Both patients were defined unfit for open surgery by a multidisciplinary team and a totally percutaneous endovascular repair was planned.

Risks of subsequent primary cancers among breast cancer survivors according to hormone receptor status.

Background: This study was aimed at examining the risks of subsequent primary cancers (SPCs) among breast cancer survivors by hormone receptor (HR) status and age at diagnosis.

Methods: Data from 12 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries were used to identify 431,222 breast cancer survivors (at least 1 year) diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 84 years from 1992 to 2015. Risks of SPCs were measured as the standardized incidence ratio (SIR) and the excess absolute risk (EAR) per 10,000 person-years.

A Mechanized Pediatric Elbow Joint Powered by a De-Based Artificial Skeletal Muscle.

To increase the acceptability of exoskeletons, there is growing attention toward finding an alternative soft actuator that can safely perform at close vicinity of the human body. In this study, we investigated the capability of the dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), for muscle-like actuation of rehabilitation robots. First, an artificial skeletal muscle was configured using commercially available stacked DEAs arranged in a 3x4 array of three parallel fibers consisting of four DEAs connected in series.

Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends that individuals with a cervix initiate cervical cancer screening at age 25 years and undergo primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing every 5 years through age 65 years (preferred); if primary HPV testing is not available, then individuals aged 25 to 65 years should be screened with cotesting (HPV testing in combination with cytology) every 5 years or cytology alone every 3 years (acceptable) (strong recommendation). The ACS recommends that individuals aged >65 years who have no history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or more severe disease within the past 25 years, and who have documented adequate negative prior screening in the prior 10 years, discontinue all cervical cancer screening (qualified recommendation). These new screening recommendations differ in 4 important respects compared with the 2012 recommendations: 1) The preferred screening strategy is primary HPV testing every 5 years, with cotesting and cytology alone acceptable where access to US Food and Drug Administration-approved primary HPV testing is not yet available; 2) the recommended age to start screening is 25 years rather than 21 years; 3) primary HPV testing, as well as cotesting or cytology alone when primary testing is not available, is recommended starting at age 25 years rather than age 30 years; and 4) the guideline is transitional, ie, options for screening with cotesting or cytology alone are provided but should be phased out once full access to primary HPV testing for cervical cancer screening is available without barriers.

Context-Sensitive Cleavage of Folded DNAs by Loop-Targeting bPNAs.

Herein, we demonstrate context-dependent molecular recognition of DNA by synthetic bPNA iron and copper complexes, using oxidative backbone cleavage as a chemical readout for binding. Oligoethylenimine bPNAs displaying iron·EDTA or copper·phenanthroline sites were found to be efficient chemical nucleases for designed and native structured DNAs with T-rich single-stranded domains. Cleavage reactivity depends strongly on structural context, as strikingly demonstrated with DNA substrates of the form (GGGTTA).

Subtype-Specific Breast Cancer Incidence Rates in Black versus White Men in the United States.

Compared with white women, black women have higher incidence rates for triple-negative breast cancer but lower rates for hormone receptor (HR)-positive cancers in the United States. Whether similar racial difference occurs in male breast cancer is unclear. We examined racial differences in incidence rates of breast cancer subtypes defined by HR and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) by sex using nationwide data from 2010 to 2016.

Breast cancer statistics, 2019.

This article is the American Cancer Society's biennial update on female breast cancer statistics in the United States, including data on incidence, mortality, survival, and screening. Over the most recent 5-year period (2012-2016), the breast cancer incidence rate increased slightly by 0.3% per year, largely because of rising rates of local stage and hormone receptor-positive disease.

Cancer statistics for adults aged 85 years and older, 2019.

Adults aged 85 years and older, the "oldest old," are the fastest-growing age group in the United States, yet relatively little is known about their cancer burden. Combining data from the National Cancer Institute, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, and the National Center for Health Statistics, the authors provide comprehensive information on cancer occurrence in adults aged 85 years and older. In 2019, there will be approximately 140,690 cancer cases diagnosed and 103,250 cancer deaths among the oldest old in the United States.